Nightmares

[drmota]

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anybody else having nightmares about the interview process? like actual physical REM sleep nightmares? i had one last night that i had my first interview at Tulane (of all places) and that it was outside and it was a group interview (I know that both of these are totally off base). So the interviewer would go around asking everybody different questions and people were just nailing all the questions left and right and then when she got to me, she would ask me something, i would stutter a little, and once i finally started answering the question she would look away and just not pay any attention to me at all. it was pretty friggin scary. i mean, i dont get that stressed about this whole process while i'm awake so it kinda bothered me that this has crept up in my subconscious in such a haunting way. anybody else have interesting nightmares about this whole thing? i'd like to think i'm not the only one...
-mota

 

[Mutt]

Stop smoking da-mota and you should be okay.

 

[maxflash04]

Stop smoking da-mota and you should be okay.

 

[drmota]

Stop smoking da-mota and you should be okay.

touche.
-mota

 

[Saluki]

I had a nightmare that I went into a coma right before the August MCAT scores came out. I woke up in June and found out that I'd gotten a 35 but that I'd been rejected from every school I applied to anyways...

 

[MrBurns10]

The night before my first interview at Miami I dreamt that I had gone to the med school and spent the entire day there...only to realize when I got back to the hotel that not only didn't I interview with anyone but I never actually saw any other applicants. Basically, I had gotten the building wrong and just did my own thing the whole day without realizing it (dream me is an idiot). I started freaking out about having to reschedule and whether or not they would let me. I can't describe how relieved I was when I woke up and realized it was just a dream.

Unfortunately, I think this is going to be a common theme for the night before my other interviews.

 

[VPDcurt]

My entire life has been a nightmare and always will be so this application thing is actually going along relatively smoothly.

 

[medicomel]

DaMota, it will be okay. Interviewers appreciate confidence, so make sure you project it with a firm handshake and a sincere smile. Other than that, make sure you've read your personal essay and supplemental, and talk to the other interviewees when you're there; that will definitely ease some of your tension.

Good luck!

 

[amandil]

so like an obsessive pre-med, I've been checking the Northwestern status page roughly every 30 minutes for over a month now...

I had this random dream that I checked the status page - and got an interview! But then I "woke up" in my dream and realized it was just a dream. So I checked again - and got an interview!! Then I woke up for REAL, checked the status page - no change.

*sigh* 😳

 

[oompa loompa]

I had this random dream that I checked the status page - and got an interview! But then I "woke up" in my dream and realized it was just a dream. So I checked again - and got an interview!! Then I woke up for REAL, checked the status page - no change.

*sigh* 😳

kinda like my dreams in high school about getting 8000 (no less!) on my SATs, and getting acceptance letters from Harvard and Yale (never even applied to them). 😉

But worse than nightmares, by far, is laying in bed about to fall asleep, then suddenly recalling something stupid you said in your interview that day. (I'm numb with relief right after interviews, so I remember very little about them). Then calming down about it, then suddenly recalling something ELSE stupid you said. And so on and so on, until the whole damn interview is pieced back together and you realize it was a complete mess. Oh boy, I can't wait for interview season to end.

 

[Risa]

Oh man... I've had three interviews and have had nightmares before every one!

For Cornell, I dreamed that I wore one of those big yoga balance balls as a hat to the interview. As I was talking with the adcom, I realized that this was a totally inappropriate choice of attire, and was totally mortified and tried to take it off as discreetly as possible. Then I went for a walk before my next interview, and accidentally didn't come back until an hour and a half late! The committee was really mad at me. I cried.

For NYU, I dreamed that I showed up early and no one was there, so I went to the bar (?!) and got a drink even though I knew my mom would really disapprove. After no one showed up for a long time, I was getting concerned, so I went outside and realized it was an outdoor interview which I was now super late for! Plus we were required to wear scrubs, but there were no scrubs left for me 🙁

Last night I was staying with a student host at Pitt, and I woke up EVERY hour all night long in fear that my alarm wouldn't work. And every hour I went back to sleep, I had a different random dream about ways the interview could go afoul. Yeesh. (Luckily, the real thing went great!)

Now I'll await whatever bizarre REM adventures come next!

 

[drmota]

Stop smoking da-mota and you should be okay.

looks like i'm not the only one having nightmares. chump.
-mota

 

[maxflash04]

I have nightmares and they're scary.

 

[cyclist05]

I had a nightmare last night where I forgot to wear pantyhose to my MUO interview. I was wearing tall white exercise socks and weird shoes with my interview skirt suit. Fortunately, my entire family was sitting with me while I waited for my interview 😕 , and my sister was wearing hose. So, there in the waiting room, we switched our shoes, socks, and hose. I wonder if I had this dream because I read that thread about pantyhose last night???

 

[Saluki]

I had another nightmare last night. I went into a coma right before the scores for the August MCAT, and I woke up in June. When I woke up, I found out that I'd gotten a 35 but I'd still been rejected from every school, even some I hadn't applied to like Yale...

 

[richarms]

I had another nightmare last night. I went into a coma right before the scores for the August MCAT, and I woke up in June. When I woke up, I found out that I'd gotten a 35 but I'd still been rejected from every school, even some I hadn't applied to like Yale...

Haha, I can imagine getting a letter from a school I didn't apply to, saying "We here at Dartmouth School of Medicine realize that you never applied to our institution, yet would still like to inform you that you have been rejected for admission anyway. Thank you, we just enjoy lowering people's egos."

 

[oompa loompa]

Haha, I can imagine getting a letter from a school I didn't apply to, saying "We here at Dartmouth School of Medicine realize that you never applied to our institution, yet would still like to inform you that you have been rejected for admission anyway. Thank you, we just enjoy lowering people's egos."

use a more plausible school. I don't think Dartmouth would do that. Georgetown might....

 

[Nikki2002]

anybody else having nightmares about the interview process? like actual physical REM sleep nightmares? i had one last night that i had my first interview at Tulane (of all places) and that it was outside and it was a group interview (I know that both of these are totally off base). So the interviewer would go around asking everybody different questions and people were just nailing all the questions left and right and then when she got to me, she would ask me something, i would stutter a little, and once i finally started answering the question she would look away and just not pay any attention to me at all. it was pretty friggin scary. i mean, i dont get that stressed about this whole process while i'm awake so it kinda bothered me that this has crept up in my subconscious in such a haunting way. anybody else have interesting nightmares about this whole thing? i'd like to think i'm not the only one...
-mota

DaMota~You said everyone else in your dream was nailing the questions--this means that you probably have good answers for many different questions--if that makes any sense.......

 

[icedoc09]

I check my email, and see that I received something from my top school. It sends me on a "treasure hunt" through the internet for 20 minutes before I finally come to a screen with 3 gigantic animated emoticons flashing at me. They all, btw, have Xs for eyes. The first is a large nodding smiley that is Xd out. The second has a neutral face and is circled with stars around it, and the third is a frown that is crying and shaking his head, which is also Xd out. Apparently, that means my application is on hold. I wake up freaking out.

Granted, last night my friends and I had a pre-Thanksgiving dinner, and I had a little too much wine.